Blog posts

AI disrupted = alternative vision
;  My final experiment, which I will continue with future project, was to disrupt an original negative with an AI narrative. A conversation with my mum on how she met my dad and what she was wearing on her wedding day. The final image was printed on a transparancy and then reprinted onto resign paper. The AI on first glance,...  show more
Hybrid photography and AI
My experimentation with AI and photography has come through the challenges of working in a male dominated fields. Books such as Caroline Criado-Perez Invisible Women,  Algorithms of Oppression Safiya Umoja Noble address gender bias in technology, product and enviromental design. Technology, including photography have been used to fetishise women and ethnicities from the global majorities. It is through interaction that...  show more
AI and photography
I have listened to and read a number of articles on AI and photography and is it art. How some are heralding this as some falsifier of hardwork and talent. Social media reported that the Sony prize winner handed back their award because it had been artificially generated, but had not been spotted by the judges. The Royal Photography Society...  show more
Darkroom introduction and test print
As part of my residency, I was able to have a short darkroom introduction of the facilities in the photography department in December before the Christmas break. This Friday I was able to use the darkroom. It has been over two years since the pandemic that I have been in a darkroom. My first session was test printing, relearning  where...  show more
Intro week
My AA2A residence in Derby University and I am travelling by train to the Uni. It was good to meet the other artist at the residency who are spread over different parts of the arts faculty. I am located in the Photography section, with my main resource for this residency will be the traditional darkroom. Practical elements of this residency....  show more